NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

TIDMAOI 
 
RNS Number : 1975Z 
AOI Medical, Inc. 
16 September 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |       AOI Medical Inc | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |                       | 
| attached: ii                                                 |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |    X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may   |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |         | 
| are attached                                                               |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to  |         | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |         | 
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| Other (please      |                                                       |         | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        |                          Numis Securities Limited | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                                                   | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                          14/09/09 | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                                          16/09/09 | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                          Above 7% | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                   | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                         | Resulting situation after the triggering                                         | 
| shares         | to the triggering                          | transaction                                                                      | 
| if possible    | transaction                                |                                                                                  | 
| using          |                                            |                                                                                  | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                            |                                                                                  | 
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|                | Number               | Number              | Number            | Number                   | % of voting                       | 
|                | of                   | of                  | of                | of                       | rights x                          | 
|                | Shares               | Voting              | shares            | voting                   |                                   | 
|                |                      | Rights              |                   | rights                   |                                   | 
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|                |                      |                     | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct                | Indirect  | 
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|                | 468,762              | 468,762             | 525,035           | 525,035   |              | 6.151%                |           | 
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|                |                      |                     |                   |           |              |                       |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration             | Exercise/                        | Number of voting                     | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | date xiii              | Conversion                       | rights that may                      | rights       | 
|                              |                        | Period xiv                       | be                                   |              | 
|                              |                        |                                  | acquired if the                      |              | 
|                              |                        |                                  | instrument is                        |              | 
|                              |                        |                                  | exercised/                           |              | 
|                              |                        |                                  | converted.                           |              | 
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| Option                       | 21 June 2012           | 22 June 2007                     | 113,174                              | 1.326%       | 
|                              |                        | - 21 June                        |                                      |              | 
|                              |                        | 2012                             |                                      |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                  | 
| Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise  | Expiration       | Exercise/            | Number of voting             | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii        | Conversion           | rights                       | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                  | period xviii         | instrument                   |                               | 
|                           |           |                  |                      | refers to                    |                               | 
|                           |           |                  |                      |                              |                               | 
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|                           |           |                  |                      |                              | Nominal              | Delta  | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                  | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                      | Percentage of voting rights                                     | 
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| 638,209                                                                      | 7.477%                                                          | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                                 | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                                 | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                |                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          |                          Robin Ikel | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |                       020 7260 1229 | 
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